Finally Can we Talk About Russia Losing its Criminal War? youtu.be/K-o_U3RC2Jc

My Castle · Yugo Kanno · Karen Aoki · Yugo Kanno ｢Learning to Love｣Original Soundtrack www.youtube.com/watch?v=Woqz...

nrc.nl: Voices in America fall silent out of fear. During a tour of the United States, Ian Kenny noticed that people preferred silence to their real opinions. And in a democracy, silence is suffocation, he argues. www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...

Here is my best guidance, rendered beautifully by the great John Lithgow. I first published these lessons nearly nine years ago, in late 2016. They open the twenty chapters of "On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century." snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...

I found this video by @rationalityrules.bsky.social informative about what Charlie Kirk stood for. It's essentially just 13 minutes of Charlie himself explaining his views, but I am not sure most Europeans understand the nature of religious fundamentalism in the US.

French military leader warns of increased 'hostile' activity in space. www.reuters.com/business/aer...

volkskrant.nl: How the declining vaccination rate in the Netherlands for years proved fatal for 28-year-old doctor in training Max

Worth mentioning that we once had policies to resist foreign influence operations, and that these have been undone by Trump. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/b...

I think if Trump did something with respect to Russia instead of just talking, maybe that would make a difference.

🇺🇸 Kellogg to The Telegraph: ➡️ Putin is a KGB agent and has never stopped being one. He does not understand the West and pretends not to understand English. ➡️ Putin reminds me of Hitler, who supposedly only wanted the Sudetenland, and then we had to enter World War II.

Russia flew three armed fighter jets into Estonia prodding the country’s airspace and testing NATOs response time. Russia is openly preparing to invade the Baltics as it tests the rest of Europe for / if they’ll actually implement article 5 if it does.

Last week, Russia sent 19+ drones into Poland, and this morning, 3 Russian fighter jets breached Estonia’s airspace for 12 minutes. Russia is escalating, and I hope Europe is ready. This emboldened escalation is a direct result of US actions and bringing a war criminal to Alaska.

Russia is currently doing practice runs on NATO and violating airspace, challenging the alliance to shoot down their aircraft. So far there has been no response to the provocation.

A reminder that it took Turkey 17 seconds to shoot down a Russian Su-24 in 2015.

Opinion polls probably overestimate public support from both sides

Fewer than one in ten Americans say they support political violence, with little difference between left and right. That leaves potentially millions willing to condone violence—and some proportion of them willing to commit it—in a country awash with guns

Really important @TimothySnyder column open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...

Russia's total oil revenue drastic fell again in the month of August due to declining oil exports and declining oil prices. Gasoline shortages and gasoline lines have no reached Russia's core territories and Russians wait in line for hours to receive gasoline rations. youtu.be/sC77lpHXuCA

nrc.nl: Negligent government, shaky rule of law: the famous funeral oration by the Athenian statesman Pericles still serves as a beacon centuries later, says Bas Heijne. It's an incentive for us to keep fighting for democracy.

The Times writes that Putin runs Russia from three completely identical windowless offices in different regions. Putin avoids phones and the internet, communicating only through secure video links. www.thetimes.com/article/d545...

For Russia, the war against Ukraine was meant to catalyze national revival, Jeremy Shapiro writes—instead, it has become a case study in national self-harm.

I just published this video, and the next night, Russia launches drones at Poland. It really underscores the point. The European NATO countries need Ukraine just as much as Ukraine needs security guarantees from them.

Recently, my colleague Alexander With has contributed occasionally with posts on Logic of War. In this one, he discusses why Russia is losing fewer tanks now than earlier in the war: has the tank become useless, or are they saving them for a potential Ukrainian collapse?

'While Trump still commands the daily news cycle, he no longer commands the West... It is Europe that is becoming the new arsenal of democracy.' Exceptional, morally urgent and utterly clear sighted column in the Telegraph. Yes, you read that right. www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...

❗️Polish Prime Minister Tusk opposes Zelensky-Putin meeting in Budapest due to association with Budapest Memorandum

President Macron: I don't see Putin really willing to make peace.

On thing to note is that the long-range strike issue is one area where the Merz government handled matters well. I am not a fan of the decision not to supply Taurus in the end, as the political signal would have been important. 1/3

It can become a problem for Putin that Trump keeps making claims about Russian concessions that Putin actually hasn't made. In this video I discuss the outcome of the meetings in Alaska and Washington, D.C., about a peace process for Ukraine.

Trump met with Zelensky and European leaders at the White House and nothing was announced or agreed upon. Trump has no plan and has no clue what he is doing. Trump wanted to pressure Zelensky to surrender territory to the end the war but pressure from European leaders caused Trump to back off.

. 💙💛 Wash-Rinse-Repeat .

Tonight, countless calories will be burned powering the brains of analysts and political commentators, and millions of keystrokes spent explaining what happened in Alaska. Yet sometimes, a simple diagram explains it better than a PhD thesis: Photo credit: @vatniksoup.bsky.social

‘Ik hoor ik telkens hetzelfde. Het ware gezicht van de Syrische regering is zichtbaar: sektarisch en vijandig’

The first time Charlie Chaplin used his voice in a film, he wielded it to forcefully condemn the rising forces of fascism around the globe. Will we listen to his words today?

Elvira Bary: How Russia sees you www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmfm...

We are on the third circle of this.

Who made this? 😂

Denys Davydov: Update from Ukraine | Huge Disaster for Ruzzia in Chasiv Yar | Ukraine Ambushed them all www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFtc...

Elvira Bary: The Hidden Reason Russia’s Rich Don’t Invest in Russia www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFOx...

Honderd jaar geleden verscheen Adolf Hitlers Mein Kampf. Kunnen we inmiddels hedendaagse drogredeneringen en hallucinerende samenzweringstheorieën beter herkennen? buff.ly/bWTTbqi

Russian drone attacks the car of the Kherson rabbi english.nv.ua/nation/russi...

Worth your time www.channel4.com/programmes/t...

This is a MUST watch.

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In this episode, Jonathan @siliconcurtain.bsky.social interviews Elvira Barry @elvirabary.bsky.social an author, researcher, and creator who specializes in Russian history, culture, and politics. www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3im...

De Morgen: Mussolini is back. Fascists will soon come to power in your country too. www.demorgen.be/nieuws/musso...

⚡️ Rotterdam port prepares for NATO arms shipments amid Russia threat. Rotterdam has previously handled weapons shipments, but this marks the first time that it will designate a special berth for military use.

We are in the middle of it.

Russian MP Andrey Gurulev hints that Russia might soon attack Poland: "The Poles are seriously reinforcing the border.It’s obvious why.They screwed us over.If they did,should they get hit? They should. And they know it — sooner or later,we'll punish them," he said. (This video appeared last week)